hòu

used in place names

Evolution

垕 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
垕 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
垕 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
垕 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Definitions

 

hòu

used in place names; thick

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+5795

Shuowen

“厚,山陵之厚也。从,从厂。垕,古文厚,从后、土。”


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